Genus

Tyromyces

Tyromyces chioneus. Photo: (c) lostcoastmike, some rights reserved (CC BY-NC)

Tyromyces is a genus of poroid fungi in the family Polyporaceae. It was circumscribed by mycologist Petter Karsten in 1881. The type species is the widely distributed Tyromyces chioneus, commonly known as the white cheese polypore. The phylogenetic position of Tyromyces within the Polyporales is uncertain, but it appears that it does not belong to the “core polyporoid clade”. Tyromyces is polyphyletic as it is currently circumscribed, and has been described as “a dumping place for…

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Humboldt Life
- Kingdom: Fungi (Fungi including lichens)
  - Phylum: Basidiomycota (Basidiomycete fungi)
    - Subphylum: Agaricomycotina (Higher basidiomycetes)
      - Class: Agaricomycetes
        Order: Polyporales (Shelf fungi)
        Family: Incrustoporiaceae
        Genus: Tyromyces
        Species: Tyromyces chioneus (White cheese polypore)

Subtaxa

Species: Tyromyces chioneus (White cheese polypore)

Genus

Tyromyces

Subtaxa

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